Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal for a compensable disability rating for a sebaceous cyst, neck is dismissed as the proper claims processing rules have not been followed.,New and relevant evidence has been received to support the Veteran's claim of service connection for a right forearm condition. The Board will now readjudicate this issue.

The Veteran's pseudofolliculitis barbae is not rated compensably, as the affected area does not exceed 5% of total body or exposed areas.,There is no evidence of bilateral flatfoot during service or at any time since service. Service connection for this condition is denied.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is denied due to lack of a current diagnosis.,The Veteran's migraine headaches and left ankle disability are remanded as the VA examinations were not conducted.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression, anxiety, and PTSD), plantar fasciitis left lower extremity, plantar fasciitis right lower extremity, and left shoulder disability due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right hand disability, low back disability, and psychiatric disability are being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and medical opinions.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder and the grant of TDIU are denied as it is not factually ascertainable that the disability worsened within the one-year period prior to January 16, 2020.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) for the entire period on appeal, excluding a temporary total rating period from January 30, 2024, to February 29, 2024.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is granted. The claims for service connection for hemorrhoids, psychiatric disability, bilateral hearing loss, and prostate cancer are remanded.

The Board has granted an effective date of November 7, 2018 for Total Disability Rating for Individual Unemployability (TDIU) and Eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 35 (DEA). The Veteran was not in receipt of a total service-connected disability prior to this date.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (claimed as PTSD), a neck disability, osteoarthritis of the right elbow (now claimed as a right arm disability), and right ear hearing loss. The Veteran's tinnitus was rated at 10 percent disabling, and his left ear hearing loss did not meet criteria for a compensable rating.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sinusitis and did not find new and relevant evidence to warrant readjudication of his acquired psychiatric disorder claim.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is denied. The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, to include anxiety.

The Board denied a higher rating for the Veteran's psychiatric disability and fibromyalgia, but granted TDIU due to the psychiatric disability. The left knee and thoracic spine issues were remanded.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, unspecified anxiety disorder, is granted as service-connected. The claims for unspecified depressive disorder, PTSD, lumbosacral strain, sciatica (secondary to lumbosacral strain), and hiatal hernia are remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to an issue regarding whether the Veteran's neurocognitive disorder should be severed from his service-connected psychiatric disorder. The RO is directed to readjudicate this severance issue.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and sleep disturbances, as well as a back disability secondary to his inguinal hernia, have been denied. The Board found no current evidence of these conditions.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a right leg disability and spinal disability due to the Veteran's death. The claimant did not file her request for substitution within one year of the Veteran's death.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder including schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, and PTSD due to a lack of evidence showing the conditions were incurred or aggravated during active duty training.

The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for his acquired psychiatric disorder prior to November 20, 2017 and from November 20, 2017 was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 50% or 70% respectively.

The Veteran's service connection for chronic sleep impairment (insomnia) is granted. The claim for an increased rating for PTSD remains denied.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, finding that his current condition is related to a traumatic shooting he witnessed during active military service.